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Oracle® Identity Manager Connector Guide for Siebel Enterprise Applications
Release 9.0.3

Part Number B32372-01
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1 About the Connector

Oracle Identity Manager automates access rights management, security, and provisioning of IT resources. Oracle Identity Manager connectors are used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with third-party applications. The connector for Siebel Enterprise Applications is used to integrate Oracle Identity Manager with Siebel Enterprise Applications.

Note:

Oracle Identity Manager connectors were referred to as resource adapters prior to the acquisition of Thor Technologies by Oracle.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Supported Functionality

The following table lists the functions that are available with this connector.

Function Type Description
Create User Provisioning Creates a user
Delete User Provisioning Deletes a user
Add Position to User Provisioning Adds a position to a user
Add User Responsibility Provisioning Adds a responsibility to a user
Delete User Position Provisioning Deletes the position of a user
Delete User Responsibility Provisioning Deletes the responsibility of a user
Time Zone Updated Provisioning Updates the time zone of a user
Email Updated Provisioning Updates the e-mail address of a user
Alias Updated Provisioning Updates the alias of a user
MI Updated Provisioning Updates the middle name of a user
Work Phone Updated Provisioning Updates the work phone number of a user
First Name Updated Provisioning Updates the first name of a user
Last Name Updated Provisioning Updates the last name of a user
Title Updated Provisioning Updates the title of a user
Home Phone Updated Provisioning Updates the home phone number of a user
Fax Updated Provisioning Updates the fax number of a user
Preferred Communications Updated Provisioning Updates the preferred communications setting of a user
Extension Updated Provisioning Updates the extension number of a user
Employee Type Updated Provisioning Updates the employee type of a user
Job Title Updated Provisioning Updates the job title of a user
Reconciliation Delete Received Reconciliation Deletes the user from Oracle Identity Manager if the user has been deleted from the target system
Reconciliation Insert Received Reconciliation Inserts a user in Oracle Identity Manager
Reconciliation Update Received Reconciliation Updates a user in Oracle Identity Manager

See Also:

Appendix A for information about attribute mappings between Oracle Identity Manager and Siebel Enterprise Applications.

Multilanguage Support

This release of the connector supports the following languages:

See Also:

Oracle Identity Manager Globalization Guide for information about supported special characters

Reconciliation Module

This section discusses the elements that the reconciliation module extracts from the target system to construct reconciliation event records.

Reconciliation can be divided into the following types:

Lookup Fields Reconciliation

Lookup fields reconciliation involves reconciling the following lookup fields:

  • Lookup.Siebel.TimeZone

  • Lookup.Siebel.PreferredCommunications

  • Lookup.Siebel.Position

  • Lookup.Siebel.EmployeeTypeCode

  • Lookup.Siebel.Responsibility

  • Lookup.Siebel.PersonalTitle

User Reconciliation

User reconciliation involves reconciling the fields discussed in this section.

Reconciled Resource Object Fields

The following fields are reconciled:

  • UserID

  • First Name

  • Last Name

  • Middle Name

  • Alias

  • JobTitle

  • EmployeeType

  • PersonalTitle

  • E-mail

  • Fax

  • Phone

  • Time Zone

  • Position

  • Responsibility

  • Preferred Communications

  • IT Resource Type

Reconciled Xellerate User Fields

The following fields are reconciled only if reconciliation is implemented in trusted mode:

  • UserID

  • FirstName

  • LastName

  • Organization

  • Xellerate Type

  • Role

Provisioning Module

The following fields are provisioned:

Files and Directories That Comprise the Connector

The files and directories that comprise this connector are compressed in the following directory on the installation media:

Enterprise Applications\Siebel Enterprise Applications

These files and directories are listed in the following table.

File in the Installation Media Directory Description
lib\xlSiebel.jar
This JAR file contains connector code that is used to interact with the target system for provisioning and reconciliation.
Files in the resources directory Each of these resource bundle files contains language-specific information that is used by the connector.

Note: A resource bundle is a file containing localized versions of the text strings that are displayed on the user interface of Oracle Identity Manager. These text strings include GUI element labels and messages displayed on the Administrative and User Console.

Troubleshoot\TroubleShootingUtility.class
This is the standalone class that interacts with the target system. This class contains the code for running the troubleshooting test cases.
Troubleshoot\global.properties
This file contains the connection details that are required to connect to the target system. It also contains details about the commands to be run.
Troubleshoot\log.properties
This file is used to specify the log level and the directory in which the log file is to be created when you run the troubleshooting utility.
xml\SiebelEmpResourceObject.xml

This XML file contains definitions for the following connector components:
  • IT resource type

  • Custom process form

  • Process task and rule-generator adapters (along with their mappings)

  • Resource object

  • Pre-populate rules

xml\SiebelEmpXLResourceObject.xml

This file contains the configuration for the Xellerate User. You must import this file only if you plan to use the connector in trusted source reconciliation mode.

Note:

The files in the Troubleshoot directory are used only to run tests on the connector.

The "Step 2: Copying the Connector Files and External Code" section provides instructions to copy these files into the required directories.

Determining the Release Number of the Connector

To determine the release number of a connector that you have deployed:

  1. Extract the contents of the xlSiebel.jar file. For a connector that has been deployed, this file is in the following directory:

    OIM_home\xellerate\JavaTasks
    
    
  2. Open the manifest.mf file in a text editor. The manifest.mf file is one of the files bundled inside the xlSiebel.jar file.

    In the manifest.mf file, the release number of the connector is displayed as the value of the Version property.

See Also:

Oracle Identity Manager Design Console Guide